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Danville (City and county-seat) (II)

a city and county-seat of Pittsylvania co., Va.; on the Dan river, and the Southern railroad, 140 miles S.

W. of Richmond; is the seat of Randolphof Richmond; is the seat of Randolph- Macon College, Roanoke Institute, and Danville School for Boys. It has good water-power water-power, cotton mills, flour mills, , foundry, and tobacco factories. It is the center of the fine yellow tobacco section, and 30,000,000 pounds of leaf-tobacco are sold annually.

It has a high school, water works, newspapers and 2 National banks. Pop. (1910) 19,020; (1920) 21,539.